Three teenagers faced charges on Friday after three purse-snatchings in Nashua over the weekend, police said.

Police said Dylan Silva, 17, of Nashua, stole the handbags or purses from victims ranging in age from 36 to 74 years old in parking lots of various businesses. He is charged with three counts of robbery.

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Bharat Shelat, 19, also of Nashua, is accused of driving Silva to and from the robberies. He was charged with criminal liability for the conduct of another to robbery, police said.

A 16-year-old juvenile is accused of helping plan the robberies and was charged with three counts of delinquent child conspiracy to commit robbery, police said.

On Saturday morning, a woman was on her way into the Market Basket on the Daniel Webster Highway in Nashua when a man ran up behind her and grabbed her handbag, police said.

"She was knocked to the ground and dragged before the assailant was able to make off with her purse," said Nashua Detectives Bureau Commander Lt. Michael Moushegian.

Prosecutors said the woman "banged the back of her head on the asphalt. She was still hanging on to her purse as the male continued to pull, dragging her along the ground for a couple (of) feet."

Sunday night, just a mile and a half to the north, another purse-snatching was reported, this time in the parking lot of Lowe's Home Improvement.

Investigators said the victim "was carrying a small wallet in her right hand, which she described as being red with a black and white floral pattern. An unknown male subject ran up behind her and grabbed the wallet."

A few hours later, just before 1 a.m. Monday, a woman walking out of a CVS in downtown Nashua was accosted by a man who demanded her purse, police said.

Court paperwork said "she began to struggle with the male over her purse, pulling on the purse while she dropped her shopping bags. The straps of the purse then broke and the male was able to gain possession of the purse."

The victim in that case was able to get the suspect vehicle's license plate number.

Silva was arraigned and released to a parent after posting $1,000 cash bail. Shelat was released on $10,000 cash or surety bail.

Police said the 16-year-old was detained and could be sent to the Youth Services Development Unit.

The charges against Silva and Shelat are Class B felonies, and each charge carries a maximum sentence of seven years.

Police said it's possible the juvenile in this case could be held up until minority commitment, which means until he turns 18.